Safety hat-pin.



H. RAMOS SAFETY HAT PIN APPLICATION FILED 00.1.6. 1911.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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To all whomz't may concern:

Be itknown that I, HUMBERTO RAMos, a

citizen ofthe Republic of Salvador, resid- To avoid causing injury to others and at the same time form a pin that may be readily inserted into and withdrawn from a hat, the pin should have its point protected in such a manner that the point is instantly available for piercing the hat fabric.

One object of the invention is to provide I a hat pin that is carried in a sheath.

Another object is to provide a hat pin with a sheath, so that the pin may be retracted therein to prevent the point of the pin from protruding.

A further object is to provide a hat pin with a sheath that may be cooperatively connected together by suitable means which serve to permit the point to readily pierce the hat fabric and then serve to retract the point within the sheath.

Broadly stated the invention comprises a sheath having a hat pin disposed therein and means interposed between the head of the pin and the sheath serving as retaining means and also serving to maintain the point of the pin within the sheath as a normal position.

One practical-form of construction and assembly will be described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of the assembly pin and sheath.

Fig. 2 is a part perspective view showing the retracting and engaging means.

Fig. 3 is a part sectional view of a modified form of retracting and engaging means.

Figs. 4 and 5 are views of a further modification.

In the preferred embodiment about to be described the sheath 5 may be formed of Specification of Letters Patent. I

, Patented Aug.e,191s.

Application filed October 6, 191? Serial No. 195,109.

any suitable material and is preferably open ended andformed as .a cylinder. The lower end may be suitably tapered asind-icated at 6 to facilitate the passage of the sheath 5 through'the'hat fabric. The upper end .of

the sheath may be provided with aflange 7 which flange may be provided with the re cesses 8 and 9. Only two of these recesses have been shown but any part may be utilized.

- In thezdrawing these'recesses are formed by striking up a part of the flange so as to form an engaging opening adjacent the recesses 8 and 9. The flange and sheath adjacent the open end of the bore through the sheath may be so formed as to provide a point of engagement for retaining the spring 10 in its operative position.

As shown the spring 10 encircles the pin 11 at a point intermediate of its length. The pin 11 may be provided with the head 12 which may be of any form desired. The head 12 may be secured to the pin in the usual or customary manner and adjacent the point of juncture the pin may be provided with a flange 13. The flange 13 may be provided with the engaging fingers 14 and 15 which serve to cooperate with the recesses and apertures 8 and 9. They may be caused to engage by a partial rotation of the flange 13. The spring 10 may then be compressed and the point 16 of the pin will protrude from the tapered point of the sheath 6. The assembly is then ready'to pierce the hat fabric by means of the point 16 of the pin. When the pin has been positioned in its proper place the head 12 is rotated in the opposite direction which causes the fingers 14 and 15 to be disengaged from the flange 7.

The spring 10 may then exert its force to force the two flanges apart. The flange 7 being relatively immovable the spring 10 will then force the flange 13 away and thus cause a retraction of the point 16 with the sheath 5.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the sheath 5 may be provided with the slot 17. The head 12 may have connected to it a tube 18 that is adapted to partly telescope within the sheath 5. The spring 10 is disposed within its tube 18 and encircles the shank of the pin 11. To cooperate with the slot 17 the pins 19 and 20 when in cooperative action a partial rotation of the head 12 will place the pins in such a position that the spring 10 may be compressed andfheld in a compressed condition.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5 I connect the sleeve 18 with the head 12.

and this sleeve receives a coil spring 10. The sheath 5 is provided with a collar 5? which engages theend of the coil spring so that said spring tends, to hold saidsheath in its extended position. To hold the sheath in its contracted position I provide a spring controlled latch 21 which engages with a .Gopies of this patent may be the head inner end of the sheath for "normally holding the point of the pin within the sheath, one of said parts having a socket thereon and the other part having a projection engaging with said socket to hold the parts inposition with the point of the pin .projecting from the sheath.

2. A hati-pin .having a sheath, a sleeve connected with the head of the pin and surrounding the inner end of the sheath, a spring within the sleeve and bearing against and sheath to hold the point of the pin Within the sheath, said sheath having a socket thereon and a catch on the sleeve for engaging said socket.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HUMBERTO RAMOS.

obtained'for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner oi Bateate,

Washington, D. C. 

